KIKV-FM (100.7
MHz
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, "Kik FM") is a
radio station
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airing a
country
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format. Its sister station is
KULO 94.3 FM. Both studios are located at 604 3rd Ave. West in
Alexandria, Minnesota
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.
The station is
licensed
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by the
Federal Communications Commission
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(FCC) to nearby
Sauk Centre, Minnesota
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Sauk Centre is the birthplace of Sinclair Lewis, a noveli ...
.
History
The station went on the air in October 1970 as KCMT-FM, owned by the Central Minnesota Television Company along with KCMT television (channel 7; later KCCO-TV, a satellite of
WCCO-TV
WCCO-TV (channel 4), branded CBS Minnesota, is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, serving the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by the CBS television network through its CBS News and Stations divisi ...
; now defunct).
The two stations were separated in 1985, when KCMT-FM was purchased by Lusk Broadcasting
and became KIKV-FM.
BDI Broadcasting bought the station in 1989;
the station eventually came under the
Omni Broadcasting banner. Formerly licensed to Alexandria, the city of license was changed to Sauk Centre in 2003 to allow sister station
KULO (94.3 FM) to move from Sauk Centre to Alexandria.
Hubbard Broadcasting
Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. is an American television and radio broadcasting corporation based in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was founded by Stanley E. Hubbard.
The corporation has broadcast outlets scattered across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri ...
, Inc. announced on November 13, 2014 that it would purchase the Omni Broadcasting stations, including KIKV-FM.
Hubbard already owned television station KSAX (channel 42, a satellite of
KSTP-TV
KSTP-TV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, serving the Twin Cities area as an affiliate of ABC. It is the flagship television property of locally based Hubbard Broadcasting, which has owned th ...
) in Alexandria.
The sale was completed on February 27, 2015, at a purchase price of $8 million for the 16 stations and one translator.
References
External links
KIKV-FM official websiteOld Live Stream Link
Radio stations in Alexandria, Minnesota
Country radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1970
Hubbard Broadcasting
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